In the biotech revolution, it is the human body, not iron or steel or plastic, that's at the source. Are the biocapitalists going to be allowed to dig without consent into our genetic codes, then market them?

Parents remain our touchstones, fellow travelers, even after death. They are both missing and present.

If women can sleep their way to the top, how come they aren't there?

The things we hate about ourselves aren't more real than things we like about ourselves.

Kerry asks Americans to look at the evidence. Bush asks people to believe.

The truth is that we can overhaul our surroundings, renovate our environment, talk a new game, join a new club, far more easily than we can change the way we respond emotionally. It is easier to change behavior than feelings about that behavior.

[E]very time you think the entertainment moguls have hit rock bottom, they reach for the jackhammer and rat-a-tat-tat a little deeper.